Is Crack Cocaine legal in Paraguay?

Legal status

Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Paraguay: it is controlled AS cocaine under Ley 1340/88, art. 30, whose scheduling of cocaine reaches its salts, preparations and therefore the base/freebase form. Crack is prohibited identically to cocaine.

Consequences if caught

Article 30 exempts a person holding a substance that a doctor prescribed, or holding it for exclusive personal use. If the quantity exceeds what was prescribed or what personal use requires, the penalty is two to four years penitentiary plus forfeiture. The article fixes the personal-use ceiling at 10 grams for marihuana and 2 grams for cocaine, heroin and other opiates, with the quantity determined case by case by the Medico Forense and a Ministerio de Salud Publica specialist.

If prescribed or medical

Cocaine has at most narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed. Article 30 recognises a doctor's prescription as a defence for the prescribed quantity; a prohibited street drug has no such prescribed form.

Documentation

No prescription documentation exists for this substance. Carry the prescription; the quantity held must not exceed what was prescribed.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Paraguay’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.